Settled at Swan Point Marina

We left Beaufort, NC, 9 a.m. It was a beautiful sunny, warm day. We started in long-sleeved shirts and ended up in T-shirts by the afternoon.

We set out for Casper's, but decided to go 10 more miles to Swan Point. Winds were only 0-5 mph (we're converted to miles for the ICW). We were moving at 7.3 mph. No wind, no sails. We went through a few very narrow channels where, in some places according to our GPS, there was only 6" of water to our right or left!

At 12:45 p.m. we were seeing palm trees and a few times dolphins were moving along with us and jumping up in pairs. Pretty neat.

At about 2:10 p.m., we hit a 2 ft. piece of driftwood while approaching a swing bridge which was holding up traffic to wait for us.

The ICW runs along Camp Lejeune here and we heard "war games" going on over the radio. Marines were pursuing a non-compliant vessel and ordered them to "stop immediately and move to the front of the vessel or they would be under fire." It was interesting to listen to them on the radio.

At about 3:20 p.m. we arrived at Swan Point Marina. It was my turn to cook dinner...salmon, rosemary potatoes, zucchini and salad with banana nut bread for dessert.

My friend, Mike Loch, made reservations for us for the next two nights at Joyner Marina in Carolina Beach near Snow's Cut. I'm looking forward to having dinner with he and his wife, Joan, tomorrow night!